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Weight-Bearing Cast Below the Knee

Montana rates for HCPCS 29435

Application of a leg cast shaped so that body weight is carried through the area just below the kneecap rather than through the foot and ankle. It lets a person walk while keeping pressure off a healing lower leg, ankle, or foot.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Weight-Bearing Cast Below the Knee cost?

$151

Typical physician fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $112 to $200.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $83 to $468
$100$200$500professional $151

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Montana· 11th of 51

$151

AK $263KY $95.50

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.